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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Junior maintains a _________ relationship with his father.

2. Archbold, deciding they need representation in Congress, begins doing what?

3. What are the project's first goals to establish?

4. In 1897, why does the Ohio Attorney General feel the Ohio company is in contempt of court?

5. In 1902, the President brings an antitrust suit against Northern Securities Company, a holding company of whom?

Short Essay Questions

1. What deaths occur in Chapter Thirty-three?

2. Describe Junior in Chapter Nineteen.

3. What does John D. for William Rainey Harper? Why?

4. What happens when the Ohio Attorney General reading a book about trusts which includes a copy of Standard Oil's trust deed indicating that control of the Ohio company has been transferred out of state, in violation of its Ohio charter.

5. What is the Elkins Act? What is the purpose of a new cabinet department with a Bureau of Corporations? How does Standard Oil feel about this bureau?

6. Describe the Rockefeller family's involvement in banking.

7. Describe John D. Gates.

8. What leads and encompasses the Ludlow Massacre?

9. Describe the Millionaire's Special.

10. Describe the federal antitrust suit filed in Missouri.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Many changes take place over the years in the Rockefeller family.

Part 1) Describe the changes that take place. Why do they take place?

Part 2) How do these changes affect the family, the family business, an the family's wealth?

Part 3) Are these changes mostly due to events and changes outside the family or due to members of the family? Explain.

Part 4) How does your own family compare to the Rockefellers?

Essay Topic 2

John D. is philanthropic.

Part 1) What philanthropies does he support? How and why does he support them?

Part 2) What do critics say about John D.'s philanthropic activities? Why do they say this? Do you agree? Why or why not?

Part 3) How is this desire to help others instilled in John D.'s children? How do these Rockefeller organizations help people today?

Essay Topic 3

The automobile is invented by Henry Ford.

Part 1) How does this affect the economy and John D.? What might be the connection between the Depression and this invention?

Part 2) What other changes and inventions affect the economy and the Rockefellers throughout this story? Explain the effects of these changes and inventions.

Part 3) How have inventions and changes in John D.'s time affected our lives today? Are these changes for the better? Why or why not?

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